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The ratio of a commutation fhould "iherefore be 

 deduced from all the feveral auii ies out of which 

 tithes arife, or at lead hom/ac/j of : hem as are of the 

 greateft confequence, and which, in a great degree, 

 influence the price of the reft ; and fome ftandard, 

 as fmiple in its operation as poflible, fliould be fixed 

 upon, by which the owners of tithes may make fuch 

 a commutation as will enfure them and their fuccef- 

 {oTs,from year to year for ever, the fame income as 

 would have been received from the tilhcs themfelvesy 

 in cafe fuch commutation had not taken place j or 

 as nearly fo as the nature of the cafe will admit. 



The principal titheable produce of arable land, 

 being, as is already ftated, wheat, barley, and oats ; 

 the commutation for the tithes of arable land fliould 

 be regulated by the value of all thofe forts of grain ; 

 and thofe values could be as eafily deduced from the 

 London Gazette, as the value of wheat alone. 



Thus would the tithe-owner be paid the real value 

 in money for the feveral titheable articles, which he 

 would otherwife have taken in kind. And, as the 

 price of the other common productions of arable 

 land is, in a very great degree, influenced by the 

 pHces of thcfe principal kinds of grain; it is fair to 

 infer, that a ratio for the other productions of arable 

 land, deduced from thefe prices, would be a fair 

 equivalent for the tithes of thofe productions ; and 

 particularly fo^ when taken on an average of fome 



years 



